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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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